Sunday, March 16, 2008

Irony of New York's First Black Governor

Isn't it ironic that the first Black governor came into power not by a democratic vote. However, he comes into power by way of the scandal surrounding Gov. Elliot Spitzer. The racial dynamic of the whole situation seems to not be touched upon by anyone. Does this mean that New York would never elect a blakc man to governership?

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Elliot Spitzer

This of the most shocking stories in recent New York history. But why is it so shocking? Zina (adultery) is a big part of American society. Unfortunatelly, in our society men have many casual affairs. This is none other than other form of polygamy. The only thing is that men having extra-martial relationships are commonly accepted - to degree, yet when Islam allow men to marry more than one women this is strongly condemned by many in our society. Are men naturally prone to "need" more than one women?

Perhaps all the controversy is because he was the one who said, "Everything changes on January 1st." He ran on a reformist platform. On that level, there are many who are amzed at the hipocracy of the whole situation.

Or perhaps the amazement is due the the claimed high prices, Governer Elliot was paying for prostitutes?

Disclaimer

This weblog tries to draw from many different ideas, cultures, religions, and methodologies that have helped to shaped whom I am. I may differ with some of the authors of some of material I post or links that I have here. My other blog "Islam is the Sunnah and Sunnah is Islam" is more oriented toward the correct Salafi understanding of Islam.

I appreciate if anyone has any criticism with regards to my blog, that you bring it to my attention.

Khalil

About Me

I am 35 years old, and I adhere to the Salafi methodology/way. I was born in the Bronx to New York Puerto Rican (Catholic) parents. During my teenage years, I starting to learn about my history since of course they don't teach us that in school. As a teenager, I had a lot of interaction with "Latino" and African-American Muslims. That lead to me taking my shahadah during my first semester of college. I eventually earned a bachelor's of art with a double major in Arabic and political science at the State University of New York at Binghamton. My concentration was in the Middle East and North Africa Studies. In 2000, I was offered a scholarship to study at Umm Al-Qura University. I studied there from 2000 to 2005. May Allah reward King Fahd (rahimahullah) for giving me a scholarship to teach in Saudi, Amin. Alhamdulillah, I have been fortunate to have sat with several scholars in Saudi Arabia. I currently live in Saudi Arabia with my wife and two children. I also hold a master's in TESOL.